#C3A565#C3A565

#C3A565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.090 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A565
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 48%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 48.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 2.63, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 37.20, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0076 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.09 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3111, 39.4538, 17.9068)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A565 #6583C3

analogous

#C37665 #C3A565 #B2C365

triadic

#C3A565 #65C3A5 #A565C3

tetradic

#C3A565 #65C376 #6583C3 #C365B2

square

#C3A565 #65C376 #6583C3 #C365B2

split-complementary

#C3A565 #65B2C3 #7665C3

monochromatic

#7D6531 #A98842 #C3A565 #D4BF91 #E5D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C3A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C3A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A565

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A565	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.090 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf92',
    500: '#c3a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a565;
$custom-light: #d7bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 43.925,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A565

secondary

#AFBBD5

accent

#7DD454

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A565

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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